05-19-2014, 11:12 PM
Put the Prangler kayak in again today. Weather when I arrived at 9:30 am was black clouds, spitting rain and a pretty good wind from the south. Waves were 12" - 18" as I headed to my crappie hump off Eagle Beach. Anchored up when the GPS and depth finder said I was there. Had a crappie on with five seconds of dropping a jig boatside and limited out in 90 minutes.
While I ate a bite, I put our a catfish rod and had one interrupt my brunch. Guess we were both hungry. Pretty standard 18-incher.
Pedaled across to the NW dike, pulling a rattletrap at 2.5 mph, but no takers. The wind by then had dropped to a calm and then shifted to a zephyr from the west - just perfect for drifting a bouncer and worm harness down the 10' break line along the dike. No walleye, but I did land a smallmouth.
I can report that the new fish-cleaning station is a honey. Very quiet-running and efficient.
Bank tanglers were getting crappie left and right in the marina. One guy told me he had landed 37 and kept his legal 10. He was using a black and bright green tube jig under a bobber - right off the boat ramp.
Water temps were 62° all over and the crappie I caught in deeper water had eggs still. Now's the time to get 'em, folks! Just remember there's a two-day possession limit, so eat some if you're going back more than twice.
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While I ate a bite, I put our a catfish rod and had one interrupt my brunch. Guess we were both hungry. Pretty standard 18-incher.
Pedaled across to the NW dike, pulling a rattletrap at 2.5 mph, but no takers. The wind by then had dropped to a calm and then shifted to a zephyr from the west - just perfect for drifting a bouncer and worm harness down the 10' break line along the dike. No walleye, but I did land a smallmouth.
I can report that the new fish-cleaning station is a honey. Very quiet-running and efficient.
Bank tanglers were getting crappie left and right in the marina. One guy told me he had landed 37 and kept his legal 10. He was using a black and bright green tube jig under a bobber - right off the boat ramp.
Water temps were 62° all over and the crappie I caught in deeper water had eggs still. Now's the time to get 'em, folks! Just remember there's a two-day possession limit, so eat some if you're going back more than twice.
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